Clarion Hotel and Casino was located near the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada . It included a 12-story hotel with approximately 200 rooms, and a small casino. The property opened as a Royal Inn on April 19, 1970. It was renamed Royal Americana in 1980, and then Paddlewheel in 1983.
110-565: Actress Debbie Reynolds purchased the property in 1992, and renamed it a year later as the Debbie Reynolds Hotel . The renovated property included a museum featuring Reynolds' collection of Hollywood memorabilia. The hotel struggled financially, entering bankruptcy in 1997. It was sold a year later to the World Wrestling Federation , which planned to demolish the hotel and build a wrestling themed resort on
220-462: A country-music hit made famous by Carl Belew (in 1959), Skeeter Davis (in 1960), and several years later by singer Engelbert Humperdinck . She released The Best of Debbie Reynolds album in 1991. For 10 years, she headlined for about three months a year in Las Vegas's Riviera Hotel. She enjoyed live shows, though that type of performing "was extremely strenuous," she said in 1966: With
330-448: A homeowners association had to be initiated. This fee simple ownership also spawned timeshare location exchange companies, such as Interval International and RCI , so owners in any given area could exchange their week with owners in other areas. Cancellations, or rescission , of the timeshare contract, remain the industry's biggest problems to date; the difficulty has been the subject of comedy in popular entertainment. The industry
440-560: A "great dancer and cinematic genius," adding, "He made me a star. I was 18 and he taught me how to dance and how to work hard and be dedicated." In 1956, she appeared in the musical Bundle of Joy with her then-husband, Eddie Fisher . Reynolds was one of 14 top-billed names in How the West Was Won (1962) but she was the only one who appeared throughout, the story largely following the life and times of her character Lilith Prescott. In
550-573: A Comedy Series in 2000 . She played a recurring role in the Disney Channel Original Movie Halloweentown film series as Aggie Cromwell. Reynolds made a guest appearance as a presenter at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997. In 2000, Reynolds took up a recurring voice role on the children's television program Rugrats , playing the grandmother of two of the characters. In 2001, she co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor , Shirley MacLaine, and Joan Collins in
660-570: A carpenter who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad . She was of Scottish-Irish and English ancestry and was raised in a strict Nazarene church of her domineering mother. She had an older brother, William, who was two years her senior. Reynolds was a Girl Scout , once saying that she wanted to die as the world's oldest living Girl Scout. Reynolds was also a member of The International Order of Job's Daughters . Her mother took in laundry for income, while they lived in
770-419: A chance for the best weeks, the weeks are rotated forward or backward through the calendar, so in year 1 the owner may have use of week 25, then week 26 in year 2, and then week 27 in year 3. This method gives each owner a fair opportunity for prime weeks, but unlike its name, it is not flexible. A variant form of real estate-based timeshare that combines features of deeded timeshare with right-to-use offerings
880-552: A charitable organization devoted to children and adults with mental-health issues. Reynolds was hospitalized in October 2012 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles due to an adverse reaction to medication. She canceled appearances and concert engagements for the next three months. Timeshare This is an accepted version of this page A timeshare (sometimes called a vacation ownership or vacation club )
990-436: A coin to see which one got her. Warner Bros. won the coin toss, and she was with the studio for two years. When Warner Bros. stopped producing musicals, she moved to MGM. With MGM, Reynolds regularly appeared in movie musicals during the 1950s, and had several hit records during the period. Her song " Aba Daba Honeymoon " (featured in the film Two Weeks with Love (1950) and sung as a duet with co-star Carleton Carpenter )
1100-585: A contract specifies the number of weeks held by each owner and from which weeks the owner may select for his stay. An example of this may be a floating summer week, in which the owner may choose any single week during the summer. In such a situation, there is likely to be greater competition during weeks featuring holidays, while lesser competition is likely when schools are still in session. Some floating contracts exclude major holidays so they may be sold as fixed weeks. Some are sold as rotating weeks, commonly referred to as flex weeks. In an attempt to give all owners
1210-481: A contract, then want to cancel it shortly thereafter. U.S. Federal Trade Commission mandates a "cooling off period" that allows people to cancel some types of purchases without penalty within three days. Additionally, almost all U.S. states have laws that specifically govern cancellation of timeshare contracts. In Florida , a new timeshare owner can cancel the purchase within ten days. The law differs by jurisdiction as to whether out-of-state purchasers are subject to
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#17327904435631320-548: A gift in any particular year. The only stipulation was that the $ 15.00 per diem must be paid every year whether the unit was occupied or not. This "must be paid yearly fee" would become the roots of what is known today as "maintenance fees", once the Florida Department of Real Estate became involved in regulating timeshares. The timeshare concept in the United States caught the eye of many entrepreneurs due to
1430-724: A happy family and a religious one. And I'm trying to inculcate in my children the same sense of values, the same tone that my mother gave to me. Her family moved to Burbank, California , in 1939. When Reynolds was a 16-year-old student at Burbank High School in 1948, she won the Miss Burbank beauty contest. Soon after, she was offered a contract with Warner Brothers and was given the stage name "Debbie" by studio head Jack L. Warner . One of her closest high school friends said that she rarely dated during her teenaged years in Burbank. They never found her attractive in school. She
1540-530: A high-rise hotel, Majestic Las Vegas , on the site. However, the start of construction has been delayed several times as of 2024. The property originated as part of the Royal Inns of America chain, with construction beginning on August 1, 1969. The $ 3 million Royal Inn opened on April 19, 1970. It was built on 6 acres (2.4 ha), located just east of the Las Vegas Strip and down the street from
1650-405: A hospitality room with many tables and chairs to accommodate families. The prospects are assigned a tour guide, who may be a licensed real estate agent. Procedures vary from venue to venue. After a warm-up period and some coffee or snack, a podium speaker welcomes the prospects to the resort, and shows a promotional video . The prospects are then invited to take a tour of the property. Depending on
1760-563: A large collection of movie memorabilia , beginning with items from the landmark 1970 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer auction , and she displayed them, first in a museum at her Las Vegas hotel and casino during the 1990s and later in a museum close to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The museum was to relocate to be the centerpiece of the Belle Island Village tourist attraction in the resort city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee , but
1870-433: A large selection of options for destination. Many resort point programs provide flexibility from the traditional week stay. Resort point program members, such as WorldMark by Wyndham and Diamond Resorts International , may request from the entire available inventory of the resort group. A points program member may often request fractional weeks as well as full or multiple week stays. The number of points required to stay at
1980-526: A magic show, a fire-themed production, and a musical tribute to composer Harold Arlen . In July 2007, the Greek Isles was sold to an investment group, which planned to eventually demolish the hotel-casino and redevelop the land as a mixed-use project . However, a year later, the group defaulted on a $ 56 million loan that was provided by Canpartners Realty. The property entered bankruptcy in April 2009, and
2090-518: A maintenance fee to each owner. It took almost a decade for timeshares in Europe to evolve into a smoothly run, successful business venture. The first timeshare in the United States was started in 1974 by Caribbean International Corporation (CIC), based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida . It offered what it called a 25-year vacation license rather than ownership. The company owned two other resorts
2200-437: A much reduced ability to exchange time, because fewer come to a resort at a time when the temperatures are in excess of 110 °F (43 °C). A major difference in types of vacation ownership is between deeded and right-to-use contracts. With deeded contracts the use of the resort is usually divided into week-long increments and are sold as real property via fractional ownership. As with any other piece of real estate,
2310-604: A museum to house her collection of Hollywood memorabilia. The property reopened in July 1993, as the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel. Shortly thereafter, Hollywood Casino Corp. filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the hotel-casino. A settlement was reached by the end of 1993, with "Hollywood" dropped from the name. The property is best remembered under the Debbie Reynolds name, and
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#17327904435632420-428: A new pool. The casino portion opened on July 20, 2001. It included 100 slot machines and was operated by United Coin . The hotel opened later in 2001, and had 192 rooms. It eventually contracted with Delta Air Lines to house flight crews during layovers. The property offered various shows during the Greek Isles era. Among these was a Rat Pack tribute show that opened in 2002 and ran for several years. Others included
2530-594: A non-gaming high-rise hotel known as Majestic Las Vegas . He announced the project in 2019, but it has been delayed several times, and construction has yet to begin as of 2024. 36°07′54″N 115°09′33″W / 36.1318°N 115.1591°W / 36.1318; -115.1591 Debbie Reynolds Mary Frances " Debbie " Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer, entrepreneur and film memorabilia collector. Her acting career spanned almost 70 years. Reynolds performed on stage and television and in films into her 80s. She
2640-484: A performing schedule of two shows a night, seven nights a week, it's probably the toughest kind of show business, but in my opinion, the most rewarding. I like the feeling of being able to change stage bits and business when I want. You can't do that in motion pictures or TV. As part of her nightclub act, Reynolds was noted for doing impressions of celebrities such as Eva and Zsa Zsa Gabor, Mae West, Barbra Streisand, Phyllis Diller, and Bette Davis. Her impersonation of Davis
2750-663: A period during the 1960s, she stopped working at the studio on Friday afternoons to attend Girl Scout meetings, since she was the leader of the Girl Scout Troop of which her 13-year-old daughter Carrie and her stepdaughter Tina Karl, also 13, were members. Reynolds later found herself in financial difficulty because of Karl's gambling and bad investments. Reynolds' third marriage was to real estate developer Richard Hamlett from 1984 to 1996. In 2011, Reynolds stepped down after 56 years of involvement in The Thalians ,
2860-465: A purchaser has the right to use the property in accordance with the contract, but at some point the contract ends and all rights revert to the property owner. Thus, a right-to-use contract grants the right to use the resort for a specific number of years. In many countries there are severe limits on foreign property ownership; thus, this is a common method for developing resorts in countries such as Mexico . Care should be taken with this form of ownership as
2970-400: A series of auctions. Among the "more than 3500 costumes, 20,000 photographs, and thousands of movie posters, costume sketches, and props" included in the sales were Charlie Chaplin 's bowler hat and Marilyn Monroe 's white "subway dress," whose skirt is lifted up by the breeze from a passing subway train in the film The Seven Year Itch (1955). The dress sold for $ 4.6 million in 2011;
3080-486: A shack on Magnolia Street in El Paso. "We may have been poor," she said in a 1963 interview, "but we always had something to eat, even if Dad had to go out in the desert and shoot jackrabbits." One of the advantages of having been poor is that you learn to appreciate good fortune and the value of a dollar, and poverty holds no fear for you because you know you've gone through it and you can do it again... But we were always
3190-583: A show that I felt might be right for me ... I felt that Irene was it and now was the time. Reynolds and her daughter Carrie both made their Broadway debuts in the play. Per reports, the production broke records for the highest weekly gross of any musical. For that production, she received a Tony nomination. Reynolds also starred in the Broadway revue Debbie in 1976. She toured with Harve Presnell in Annie Get Your Gun , then wrapped up
3300-443: A two-bedroom accommodation in a resort with less demand. An example of this may be a one-bedroom at a desirable beach resort compared to a two-bedroom unit at a resort located inland from the same beach. Timeshare sales staffs often provide incentives, including free or deeply discounted hotel rooms, tickets, and gifts, for the prospective buyer to take a tour of the property. The prospective buyers (or "prospects") are seated in
3410-487: A variety of accommodations from studios to three-bedroom villas. DVC's vacation points can be exchanged for vacations worldwide in non-Disney resorts, or may be banked into or borrowed from future years. DVC's deeded/vacation point structure, which has been used at all of its timeshare resorts, has been adopted by other large timeshare developers including the Hilton Grand Vacations Company ,
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3520-436: Is a property with a divided form of ownership or use rights. These properties are typically resort condominium units, in which multiple parties hold rights to use the property, and each owner of the same accommodation is allotted their period of time. Units may be sold as a partial ownership, lease , or "right to use", in which case the latter holds no claim to ownership of the property. The ownership of timeshare programs
3630-473: Is a rather rare event. Most properties in most timeshare systems are worth a fraction of the original price after the purchase, and often carry no value at all. Deeds with severe restrictions on resale are typically given out for free. For example, upon resale of most Holiday Inn Club Vacations properties, the new owner can no longer use the allotted point value to make reservations at any HICV resort. They are limited to their home resort only, and booking window
3740-483: Is cancelled). However, such a waiver is not legally enforceable anywhere in Mexico or the United States. There are companies that specialize in timeshare cancellation, although some cancellation companies are suspected of fraud. A resale value of a timeshare unit varies between the timeshare systems and properties. While it's possible for certain units in certain timeshare systems to appreciate in value over time, this
3850-576: Is most common for a resort to be affiliated with only one of the larger exchange agencies, although resorts with dual affiliations are not uncommon. The timeshare resort one purchases determines which of the exchange companies can be used to make exchanges. RCI and II charge a yearly membership fee, and additional fees for when they find an exchange for a requesting member, and bar members from renting weeks for which they already have exchanged. Owners can also exchange their weeks or points through independent exchange companies. Owners can exchange without needing
3960-442: Is not uncommon to have washers and dryers in the unit or accessible on the resort property. The kitchen area and amenities will reflect the size of the particular unit in question. Units are usually listed by how many the unit will sleep and how many the unit will sleep privately. Traditionally, but not exclusively: Timeshares are sold worldwide, and every venue has its own unique descriptions. Sleep privately usually refers to
4070-553: Is regulated in all countries where resorts are located. In Europe, it is regulated by European and by national legislation. In 1994, the European Communities adopted "The European Directive 94/47/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the protection of purchasers in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a timeshare basis", which
4180-404: Is shorter. Deeds with no resale restrictions may carry some resale value, depending on the location, season, unit size, or the allotted points value. For example, large units in mountain resorts during ski season and large penthouse units in popular destinations will have some resale value. Likewise, small units in destinations saturated by timeshares, or with expensive maintenance fees compared to
4290-530: Is varied, and has been changing over the decades. The term "timeshare" was coined in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s, expanding on a vacation system that became popular after World War II . Vacation home sharing, also known as holiday home sharing, involved four European families that would purchase a vacation cottage jointly, each having exclusive use of the property for one of the four seasons. They rotated seasons each year, so each family enjoyed
4400-609: The Globe weekly's advice column but many of the published letters were plagiarized from Slate ' s Dear Prudence and possibly others. Reynolds was a longtime ally of the LGBT community and an early advocate for AIDS. In 1983, Reynolds performed at an AIDS fundraiser with her friend Shirley MacLaine. In a 2014 interview with The Daily Telegraph , Reynolds revealed that she had helped several closeted actors conceal their homosexuality by dating them. When asked when she realized she
4510-539: The Las Vegas Convention Center . The 12-story hotel contained 200 rooms, and was considered small by Las Vegas standards. In 1972, Michael Gaughan and Frank Toti bought out the property's gaming operations, and managed the casino for much of the remaining decade. In 1979, fast food operator (and former automat chain) Horn & Hardart purchased the Royal Inn for $ 17 million. By late 1980,
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4620-737: The Marriott Vacation Club , the Holiday Inn Club Vacations, the Hyatt Residence Club and Accor in France. Resort-based points programs are also sold as deeded and as right to use. Points programs annually give the owner a number of points equal to the level of ownership. The owner in a points program can then use these points to make travel arrangements within the resort group. Many points programs are affiliated with large resort groups offering
4730-716: The Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2015 and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2016, she made her final film performance in the biographical retrospective Bright Lights . Reynolds died following a hemorrhagic stroke on December 28, 2016, one day after the death of her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher . Mary Frances Reynolds was born on April 1, 1932, in El Paso, Texas , to Maxene N. "Minnie" Harman and Raymond Francis "Ray" Reynolds,
4840-507: The vacation license holder could alternate their vacation weeks with: one in St. Croix and one in St. Thomas ; both in the U.S. Virgin Islands . The Virgin Islands properties began their timeshare sales in 1973. The contract was simple and straightforward: The company, CIC, promised to maintain and provide the specified accommodation type (a studio, one bedroom, or two bedroom unit) for use by
4950-403: The "license owner" for a period of 25 years (from 1974 to 1999, for example) in the specified season and number of weeks agreed upon, with only two extra charges: a $ 15.00 per diem (per night) rate, frozen at that cost for the life of the contract, and a $ 25.00 switching fee, should the licensee decide to use their time at one of the other resorts. The contract was based on the fact that the cost of
5060-457: The "stupidest mistake of my entire career," she made headlines in 1970 after instigating a fight with the NBC television network over cigarette advertising on her weekly television show . Although she was television's highest-paid female performer at the time, she quit the show for breaking its contract: I was shocked to discover that the initial commercial aired during the premiere of my new series
5170-418: The 1973 revival of Irene , a musical first produced 60 years before. When asked why she waited so long to appear in a Broadway play, she explained: Primarily because I had two children growing up, I could make movies and recordings and plays in nearby Las Vegas and handle a television series without being away from them. Now, they are well on the way to being adults. Also, there was the matter of being offered
5280-901: The Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song " Tammy " topped the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she starred in The Mating Game with Tony Randall , and released Debbie , her first pop music album. She starred in Singin' in the Rain (1952) with Gene Kelly , How the West Was Won (1962), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), where her performance as the famously boisterous Titanic passenger Margaret "Molly" Brown earned Reynolds an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress . Her other films include: The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What's
5390-534: The Broadway run of Woman of the Year in 1983, while Fisher was appearing in Agnes of God . In the late 1980s, Reynolds repeated her role as Molly Brown in the stage version of The Unsinkable Molly Brown , first opposite Presnell (repeating his original Broadway and movie role) and later with Ron Raines . In 2010, she appeared in her own West End show Debbie Reynolds: Alive and Fabulous . Reynolds amassed
5500-601: The Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996; Golden Globe nomination) and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also known as a cabaret performer; in 1979, she opened the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood . Her television series The Debbie Reynolds Show earned her a Golden Globe nomination in 1969. She starred in the 1973 Broadway revival of
5610-591: The Royal Americana at the end of 1982, and spent $ 5.7 million on remodeling. The property debuted as the Paddlewheel on November 21, 1983. Two adjoining structures, containing 113 rooms, were demolished. The original hotel tower was kept, and its west exterior was updated to feature a mural of a paddle steamer crashing through the building. The Paddlewheel had a child-friendly atmosphere, with arcade games and amusement rides, but shifted to an adult focus in
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#17327904435635720-473: The adjacent 1,000-foot Mel Avenue was eventually renamed Debbie Reynolds Drive in 1996. A sign from the Debbie Reynolds Hotel would later be acquired by the city's Neon Museum . Because Reynolds and her husband had no experience in operating a resort, the various amenities were leased out, leaving the couple to focus on live entertainment offerings and the museum. Reynolds herself performed at
5830-620: The comedy These Old Broads , a television movie written for her by her daughter, Carrie Fisher. She had a cameo role as herself in the 2004 film Connie and Carla . In 2013, she appeared in Behind the Candelabra , as the mother of Liberace . Reynolds appears with her daughter in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds , a 2016 documentary about the very close relationship between
5940-532: The developer went bankrupt. The museum filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2009. The most valuable asset of the museum was Reynolds' collection. Todd Fisher, Reynolds' son, announced that his mother was "heartbroken" to have to auction off the collection. It was valued at $ 10.79 million in the bankruptcy filing. Los Angeles auction firm Profiles in History was given the responsibility of conducting
6050-587: The end of 1995. The casino closed in March 1996, after Fisher terminated the agreement with Jackpot as unprofitable. Reynolds could not get a gaming license to operate it in-house because of the company's poor finances. Reynolds and the hotel both filed for bankruptcy protection in July 1997, and several deals to sell the property failed over the next year. Among the prospective buyers was Westgate Resorts , which planned to add additional timeshare units. Westgate owner David Siegel invested approximately $ 200,000 to keep
6160-494: The enormous profits to be made by selling the same room 52 times to 52 different owners at an average price in 1974–1976 of $ 3,500.00 per week. Shortly thereafter, the Florida Real Estate Commission stepped in, enacting legislation to regulate Florida timeshares, and make them fee simple ownership transactions. This meant that in addition to the price of the owner's vacation week, a maintenance fee and
6270-824: The film, she sang three songs: What Was Your Name in the States? , as her pioneering family begin their westward journey; Raise a Ruckus Tonight , starting a party around a wagon train camp fire; and, three times, Home in the Meadow – to the tune of Greensleeves with lyrics by Sammy Cahn . Her starring role in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) led to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress . Reynolds noted that she initially had issues with its director, Charles Walters . "He didn't want me," she said. "He wanted Shirley MacLaine ," who at
6380-670: The final auction was held in May 2014. In 1979, Reynolds opened her own dance studio in North Hollywood. In 1983, she released an exercise video, Do It Debbie's Way! She purchased the Clarion Hotel and Casino , a hotel and casino in Las Vegas , in 1992. She renamed it the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel but it was not a success and Reynolds was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1997. In June 2010, she replaced Ivana Trump on
6490-528: The hard way, and she has a realistic sense of values based on faith, love, work, and money. Life has been kind to her because she has been kind to life. She's a young woman with a conscience, which is something rare in Hollywood actresses. She also has a refreshing sense of honesty. Reynolds was discovered by talent scouts from Warner Bros. and MGM, who were at the 1948 Miss Burbank contest. Both companies wanted her to sign up with their studio, and had to flip
6600-466: The hotel included 202 rooms. The Clarion closed on September 1, 2014, and its inventory was liquidated. A month after its closure, developer Lorenzo Doumani purchased the Clarion from Canpartners for $ 22.5 million. He announced plans to demolish the hotel-casino for redevelopment as a mixed-use property. The Clarion's hotel tower was demolished by implosion on February 10, 2015, shortly before 3 a.m. It
6710-410: The hotel were sold as timeshares to help raise money, and the property eventually accumulated more than 1,000 unit owners. Reynolds and Hamlett had a troubled marriage, and she eventually paid him $ 270,000 to buy out his interest. They divorced in 1996. Fisher said the property was undercapitalized from the time it opened. He blamed early financial problems on mismanagement, and took over operations at
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#17327904435636820-540: The land. The project was ultimately canceled, and ownership would change several more times. Following another renovation, the property operated as the Greek Isles from 2001 to 2010, and then under the Clarion brand until its closure on September 1, 2014. Developer Lorenzo Doumani bought the hotel-casino a month after its closure, and had it demolished for redevelopment. The hotel tower was imploded on February 10, 2015. Four years later, Doumani unveiled plans to build
6930-412: The late 1980s, including a male revue. Horn & Hardart put the Paddlewheel back up for sale in 1990, and closed the casino in October 1991. It had 300 slot machines and four table games. Actress Debbie Reynolds and her husband Richard Hamlett, at his suggestion, bought the shuttered property at auction in 1992, for $ 2.2 million. Reynolds planned to spend $ 15 million on renovations, which would include
7040-445: The license, and the small per diem, compared with the projected increase in the cost of hotel rates over 25 years to over $ 100.00 per night, would save the license owner many vacation dollars over the span of the license agreement. Between 1974 and 1999, in the United States, inflation boosted the current cost of the per diem to $ 52.00, validating the cost savings assumption. The license owner was allowed to rent, or give their week away as
7150-541: The mother of Grace Adler. Reynolds would reach a new, younger audience with her role as Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown series . Reynolds also had several business ventures besides her dance studio, including a Las Vegas hotel and casino; she was also an avid collector of film memorabilia, beginning with items purchased at the landmark 1970 MGM auction . She served as president of The Thalians , an organization dedicated to mental health causes. After receiving
7260-406: The musical Irene , which earned her a Tony Award nomination for " Best Leading Actress in a Musical ." She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love (1999). After appearing in the popular early-2000s sitcom Will & Grace , Reynolds was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for " Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series " for her role as Bobbi,
7370-421: The nation's viewing audience. She said later she was especially concerned about the commercials because of the number of children watching the show. She did quit doing the show after about a year, which she said had cost her about $ 2 million of lost income: "Maybe I was a fool to quit the show, but at least I was an honest fool. I'm not a phony or pretender. With me, it wasn't a question of money, but integrity. I'm
7480-513: The nature of their ownership. In many resorts, they can rent out their week or give it as a gift to friends and family. Used as the basis for attracting mass appeal to purchasing a timeshare, is the idea of owners exchanging their week, either independently or through exchange agencies. The two largest—often mentioned in media—are RCI and Interval International (II), which combined, have over 7,000 resorts. They have resort affiliate programs, and members can only exchange with affiliated resorts. It
7590-482: The new standardization: NOM is officially called: "NOM-029-SCFI-2010, Commercial Practices and Information Requirements for the Rendering of Timeshare Service". It established the following standards: To make the new regulations applicable to any person or entity that provides timeshares, the definition of a timeshare service provider was substantially extended and clarified. If the timeshare provider does not follow
7700-413: The number of guests who will not have to walk through another guest's sleeping area to use a restroom . Timeshare resorts tend to be strict on the number of guests permitted per unit. Unit size affects the cost and demand at any given resort. The same does not hold true comparing resorts in different locations. A one-bedroom unit in a desirable location may still be more expensive and in higher demand than
7810-636: The one who has to live with myself." The dispute would have been rendered moot and in Reynolds' favor anyway had she not resigned; by 1971, the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act (which had been passed into law before she left the show) would ban all radio and television advertising for tobacco products. Reynolds voiced Charlotte in the Hanna-Barbera animated musical Charlotte's Web (1973), where she originated
7920-487: The original buyer. A transaction is typically exempted from ROFR if the purchaser is a direct family member. Even though resales come at a fraction of original costs, developers are often reluctant to exercise the ROFR. Many sought-after deeds change hands uninterrupted. When a developer exercises the ROFR, they become the owner and must pay the same maintenance fees and property taxes to the resort's HOA, so they must maintain
8030-468: The owner may do whatever is desired: use the week, rent it, give it away, leave it to heirs, or sell the week to another prospective buyer. The owner is also liable for an equal portion of the real estate taxes, which usually are collected with condominium maintenance fees. The owner can potentially deduct some property-related expenses, such as real estate taxes from taxable income . Deeded ownership can be as complex as outright property ownership in that
8140-401: The places they would like to visit if they were timeshare owners. The rest of the presentation is designed around the responses the prospective buyers give to that question. If the guide is licensed, the prospect is quoted the retail price of the particular unit that best seemed to fit the prospective buyer's needs. If the tour guide is not a licensed agent, a licensed agent steps in to present
8250-474: The price. If the prospect replies with "no", or "I would like to think about it", the prospect will then be given a new incentive to buy. This incentive will usually be a discounted price that is only "good today" (which is untrue). If again, the reply is "no", or "I would like to think about it", the sales agent asks the prospect to please talk to one of the managers before the prospect leaves. A sales manager, assistant manager or project director may be called to
8360-460: The prime seasons equally. This concept was mostly used by related families because joint ownership requires trust and no property manager was involved. However, not many families vacation for an entire season at a time; so the vacation home sharing properties were often vacant for long periods. British businesses decided to go one step further and divide a resort room into 1/50th ownership, have two weeks each year for repairs and upgrades, and charge
8470-550: The property operational during bankruptcy. To maintain the site's gaming status, Capado Gaming was brought on to reopen the casino in September 1997, with 25 slot machines. The Debbie Reynolds Hotel was put up for auction in August 1998. Reynolds called it "a sad ending to a lot of hard work and special dreams," saying further, "This represents a long six years of hard work and dedication and love. But you can't look back. That's not
8580-520: The property was rebranded as the Royal Americana Hotel, with a New York theme. A $ 3.5 million renovation increased the room count to 300. Nevertheless, the Royal Americana was experiencing substantial losses, and Horn & Hardart decided to close it in 1982. The casino soon reopened with limited offerings, in order to maintain the property's gaming license . An investment group, which included two Horn & Hardart executives, took over
8690-413: The property, in a 500-seat theater designed by her son Todd Fisher . The casino, operated by Jackpot Enterprises , measured 6,600 sq ft (610 m). It included 184 slot machines and two table games. Reynolds struggled with the financing to complete the project. She took the company public in 1994 to raise money, and the museum finally opened the following year. Rooms in the top three floors of
8800-404: The rescission period of their state of residence, or the rescission period of the state where the timeshare purchase was made. Another common practice is to have the prospective buyer sign a "cancellation waiver", using it as an excuse to lower the price of the timeshare in exchange for the buyer waiving cancellation rights (or paying a penalty, such as losing 10% of the purchase price, if the sale
8910-453: The resort in question will vary based on a points chart. The points chart will allow for factors such as: Timeshare properties tend to be apartment style accommodations ranging in size from studio units (with room for two), to three and four bedroom units. These larger units can usually accommodate large families comfortably. Units normally include fully equipped kitchens with a dining area, dishwasher , televisions , DVD players , etc. It
9020-466: The resort to have a formal affiliation agreement with the companies, if the resort of ownership agrees to such arrangements in the original contract. Due to the promise of exchange, timeshares often sell regardless of the location of their deeded resort. What is not often disclosed is the difference in trading power depending on the location, and season of the ownership. If a resort is in a prime vacation region, it will exchange extremely well depending on
9130-458: The resort's available inventory, the tour will include an accommodation that the tour guide or agent feels will best fit the prospect's family's needs. After the tour, the group returns to the hospitality room for a verbal sales presentation. During the presentation, they are handed the resort exchange book from RCI , Interval International , or whatever exchange company is associated with that particular resort property. The prospects are asked about
9240-444: The right to use often takes the form of a club membership or the right to use the reservation system, where the reservation system is owned by a company not in the control of the owners. The right to use may be lost with the demise of the controlling company , because a right to use purchaser's contract is usually only good with the current owner, and if that owner sells the property, the lease holder could be out of luck depending on
9350-466: The rules decreed in NOM, the consequences may be substantial, and may include financial penalties that can range from $ 50 to $ 200,000. Owners can: Recently, with most point systems , owners may elect to: Some developers, however, may limit which of these options are available at their respective properties. Owners can elect to stay at their resort during the prescribed period, which varies depending on
9460-410: The same time on the ocean liner ( RMS Queen Elizabeth ) some time in the 1960s when they reconciled. Reynolds sent a note to Taylor's room, and Taylor sent a note in reply asking to have dinner with Reynolds and end their feud. As Reynolds described it, "we had a wonderful evening with a lot of laughs." In 1972, she noted the bright side of the divorce and her remarriage: Now in retrospect, though it
9570-470: The season and week that is assigned to the particular unit trying to make an exchange. However, timeshares in highly desirable locations and high season time slots are the most expensive in the world, subject to demand typical of any heavily trafficked vacation area. An individual who owns a timeshare in the American desert community of Palm Springs, California , in the middle of July or August will possess
9680-539: The song " Mother Earth and Father Time ." Reynolds continued to make other appearances in film and television. She played Helen Chappel Hackett 's mother, Deedee Chappel, on the Wings episode "If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother," which first aired November 22, 1994. From 1999 to 2006, she played Grace Adler 's theatrical mother, Bobbi Adler, on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace , which earned Reynolds her only Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in
9790-604: The song "Tammy" (1957; from Tammy and the Bachelor ) earned her a gold record . It was a number one single on the Billboard pop charts in 1957 . In the movie (the first of the Tammy film series ), she co-starred with Leslie Nielsen . Reynolds also scored two other top-25 Billboard hits with "A Very Special Love" (number 20 in January 1958) and " Am I That Easy to Forget " (number 25 in March 1960)—a pop-music version of
9900-405: The structure of deeds vary according to local property laws. Leasehold deeds are common and offer ownership for a fixed period of time after which the ownership reverts to the freeholder . Occasionally, leasehold deeds are offered in perpetuity, however many deeds do not convey ownership of the land, but merely the apartment or unit (housing) of the accommodation. With right-to-use contracts ,
10010-493: The structure of the contract, and/or current laws in foreign venues. The formerly common unit of sale is a fixed week; the resort will have a calendar enumerating the weeks roughly starting with the first calendar week of the year. An owner may own a deed to use a unit for a single specified week; for example, week 51 typically includes Christmas . An individual who owns Week 26 at a resort can use only that week in each year. Sometimes units are sold as floating weeks, in which
10120-520: The table for "T.O.", for "takeover", to find an incentive, usually in the form of a smaller, less expensive unit, or a traded in unit from another owner. A common T.O. tactic is to claim that a lower price is exclusive to a specific buyer. If one incentive doesn't move a prospect to purchase, another will follow shortly, until the prospect has either purchased, convinced the sales crew that they are uninterested, or has left on their own. Timeshare sales are often high pressure and fast moving. Some people sign
10230-708: The time was unable to take the role. "He said, 'You are totally wrong for the part.'" But six weeks into production, he reversed his opinion. "He came to me and said, 'I have to admit that I was wrong. You are playing the role really well. I'm pleased.'" Reynolds also played in Goodbye Charlie , a 1964 comedy film about a callous womanizer who gets his just reward. It was adapted from George Axelrod 's play Goodbye, Charlie and also starred Tony Curtis and Pat Boone . She next portrayed Jeanine Deckers in The Singing Nun (1966). In what Reynolds once called
10340-484: The two. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival . The television premiere was January 7, 2017, on HBO . According to USA Today , the film is "an intimate portrait of Hollywood royalty ... [it] loosely chronicles their lives through interviews, photos, footage, and vintage home movies... It culminates in a moving scene, just as Reynolds is preparing to receive the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, which Fisher presented to her mom." Her recording of
10450-409: The value of offered points in their respective system, will have no resale value at all. Most timeshare companies retain the right of first refusal for most of their properties. If that is a case, each owner is required to submit their purchase agreement contract to the developer and ask for a waiver. The developer may decide to exercise ROFR to purchase the subject property, thus refusing the sale to
10560-403: The way I want to deal with this." The winning bidder of the 1998 auction, at $ 10.65 million, was the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The company planned to level the building and construct a 35-story, wrestling themed hotel and casino with 1,000 rooms. The WWF stripped much of the interior to prepare for demolition, but ultimately decided the site was not big enough. The project's cancellation
10670-418: Was a gay icon, Reynolds replied, "Over the years many of the boys that have worked for me as dancers have been gay. The creative people were all gay people, from producers to writers. To me, they were just family." Reynolds was married three times. Her first marriage was to singer and actor Eddie Fisher in 1955. They became the parents of Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher . The couple divorced in 1959 when it
10780-566: Was also a French horn player. Gene Kelly, reflecting on Reynolds's sudden fame, recalled, "There were times when Debbie was more interested in playing the French horn somewhere in the San Fernando Valley or attending a Girl Scout meeting....She didn't realize she was a movie star all of a sudden." With limited film and television opportunities coming her way, Reynolds accepted an opportunity to make her Broadway debut. She starred in
10890-484: Was also attributed to cost and unfamiliarity with the gaming industry. As of 2000, the property was operating as Convention Center Drive Hotel. At the end of the year, the WWF sold it to Chicago-based Mark IV Realty Group for $ 11.2 million. Mark IV hoped to redevelop the site with 1,000 rooms, but instead remodeled the property with a Greek theme and renamed it the Greek Isles. The renovation project cost $ 1 million and included
11000-485: Was cute, but sort of tomboyish, and her family never had any money to speak of. She never dressed well or drove a car. And, I think, during all the years in school, she was invited to only one dance. Reynolds agreed, saying, "when I started, I didn't even know how to dress. I wore dungarees and a shirt. I had no money, no taste, and no training." Her friend adds: I say this in all sincerity. Debbie can serve as an inspiration to all young American womanhood. She came up
11110-488: Was developed by Disney Vacation Club (DVC) in 1991. Purchasers of DVC timeshare interests, whom DVC calls members receive a deed conveying an undivided real property interest in a timeshare unit. Each DVC member's property interest is accompanied by an annual allotment of vacation points in proportion to the size of the property interest. DVC's vacation points system is marketed as highly flexible and may be used in different increments for vacation stays at DVC resorts in
11220-459: Was devoted to a nationally advertised brand of cigarette (Pall Mall). I fully outlined my personal feelings concerning cigarette advertising ... that I will not be a party to such commercials, which I consider directly opposed to health and well-being. When NBC explained to Reynolds that banning cigarette commercials from her show would be impossible, she kept her resolve. The show drew mixed reviews, but according to NBC, it captured about 42% of
11330-445: Was inspired following their co-starring roles in the 1956 film, The Catered Affair . Reynolds had started doing stage impersonations as a teenager; her impersonation of Betty Hutton was performed as a singing number during the Miss Burbank contest in 1948. Her 1992 holiday collaboration with Donald O'Connor , Christmas with Donald and Debbie , arranged and conducted by Angelo DiPippo, would be her final album release. Reynolds
11440-493: Was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer with her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words . Her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Her other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and
11550-711: Was not my will, I think it probably was the best thing that ever happened to me. He did give me two great children and for that I will ever be grateful. Our door is always open to him. I believe in peaceful coexistence and being friends with the father of your children. Life is both faith and love. Without faith, love is only one dimensional and incomplete. Faith helps you to overlook other people's shortcomings, and love them as they are. If you ask too much of any relationship, you can't help but be disappointed. But if you ask nothing, you can't be hurt or disappointed. Debbie Reynolds (1964) Reynolds' second marriage, to millionaire businessman Harry Karl, lasted from 1960 to 1973. For
11660-491: Was revealed shortly after the death of Elizabeth Taylor's husband Mike Todd that Fisher had been having an affair with her; Taylor and Reynolds were good friends at the time. The Eddie Fisher – Elizabeth Taylor affair was a great public scandal, which led to the cancellation of Eddie Fisher's television show . In 2011, Reynolds was on The Oprah Winfrey Show just weeks before Elizabeth Taylor's death. She explained that Taylor and she happened to be traveling at
11770-667: Was subject to recent review, and resulted in the adoption on January 14, 2009, on European Directive 2008/122/EC. On May 17, 2010, Mexico ’s Ministry of Economy through the General Directorate of Standards established new regulations and requirements for developers of timeshare services. The new regulations are outlined in the Official Mexican Norm (NOM), which consists of a series of official standards and regulations applicable to diverse activities in Mexico. The following institutions were involved during
11880-438: Was taken over four months later by Canpartners, which blamed the financial problems on poor management. In 2010, the property was rebranded as a Clarion hotel, the only location at that time to include a casino. It had two performance venues at that time, with magician Jan Rouven among its entertainers. In 2012, one of the venues was used as a filming location for Lana Del Rey 's 2012 short film Ride . In its final years,
11990-480: Was the first hotel-casino in Las Vegas to be imploded since the New Frontier in 2007. The Clarion implosion did not go as planned; an elevator shaft on the tower's west side was left standing afterward. Debris from the collapsing tower locked the shaft in place, only allowing it to drop slightly. Later in the day, cables were lassoed around the shaft to bring it down. On the vacant land, Doumani intends to build
12100-434: Was the first soundtrack recording to become a top-of-the-chart gold record, reaching number three on the Billboard charts. Her performance in the film greatly impressed the studio, which then gave her a co-starring role in what became her highest-profile film, Singin' in the Rain (1952), a satire on movie-making in Hollywood during the transition from silent to sound pictures. It co-starred Gene Kelly , whom she called
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